Then, Let Them Offer Their Loyalty!

During this period, Qiu Tu had become extremely thorough and clear in his understanding of his two Golden Fingers.

[Crisis Intuition], this Golden Finger, could predict crises. He could analyze his current situation based on its changes.

Like Qiu Tu's recent crisis, [Promise of the Evil God].

This crisis arose because Qiu Tu promised to figure out when Moonlight Lake would take shape for Larilo.

If Qiu Tu failed to fulfill the promise or deceived Larilo, she would retaliate and kill Qiu Tu.

To ultimately trigger this crisis, two elements were needed. One, Qiu Tu failed to keep his promise; two, Larilo had the means to kill Qiu Tu.

So, when Qiu Tu casually fooled Larilo last night, making her believe that Moonlight Lake would form before she was freed, and the lake did indeed take shape before her release, the [Crisis Countdown] naturally turned into a Treasure Chest.

To put it plainly, [Crisis Intuition] had a [prophetic nature].

However, [Loyalty Game] was different from [Crisis Intuition].

Loyalty Game was a very "subjective" display.

Even if Qiu Tu treated his subordinates very well, exceedingly well—if they were unaware of it, their Loyalty would not change at all.

If Qiu Tu treated his subordinates poorly, just making empty promises and deceiving them, as long as they subjectively believed in him, their Loyalty would still increase.

Therefore, there was a prerequisite for the change in Loyalty in the Loyalty Game: the subordinates must subjectively know everything that happened.

Applying this prerequisite to the current situation meant: Tan Huimin must be fully aware of all Qiu Tu's actions for her Loyalty to change.

In other words—this woman was pretending to be asleep!

With this thought, Qiu Tu suddenly felt that everything that just happened was different.

He had casually said "I'm going to take a shower," and Tan Huimin had really gone to shower; later, hearing a "bang" like a muffled sound, he thought something had happened to her, but when he checked, he found her undressed.... So, all of this was an act.

So, was the "hunter" pretending to be the "prey"?

With this thought, Qiu Tu became a little curious about what Tan Huimin really wanted to do.

But he didn't rush.

Because... since she wanted to play the prey, it certainly wouldn't be just this once.

Thinking this, Qiu Tu left the bedroom without any expression, even "thoughtfully" closing the bedroom door behind him.

After that, Qiu Tu left the lounge and returned to his desk, continuing to look at the written statements from yesterday's interrogation of Tan Huimin and Zheng Tao.

To avoid any misrecorded content from Li Xian, Qiu Tu even took a tape recorder, playing the recording while reading along.

About five or six minutes into reading, a "snap" was suddenly heard from the lounge, sounding like the shatter of a glass hitting the floor.

Qiu Tu knew instantly: the hunter disguised as prey was beginning another hunt...

With this thought, Qiu Tu calmly put down the statement and walked inside.

Entering the bedroom, Tan Huimin's body was again emerging from under the blanket, her heavy left breast pressing against the bedsheets, full and round.

Her eyes were tightly shut, her face a bit flushed, her lips somewhat dry as if she had a fever; she murmured softly, "Water... water..." as she stretched her bare left arm to fumble on the bedside table.

It seemed the water glass had fallen this way.

Seeing this scene, Qiu Tu's gaze fluctuated slightly: Feigning illness?

With that thought, Qiu Tu did not reveal her act but played along.

He walked over, gently taking hold of Tan Huimin's hand, and softly said, "You want water, do you?"

"Don't worry, I'll get it for you."

Tan Huimin's hand was smooth and cool, like jade.

"Who... who are you?" Hearing Qiu Tu's voice, Tan Huimin murmured with her eyes closed.

Qiu Tu's hand gently caressed the soft edge of Tan Huimin's left breast, and then slid up her swan neck, reaching her beautiful oval face.

Gently stroking her face, Qiu Tu softly said, "It's Ah-Tao, Hui Min."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Tan Huimin seemed to suddenly become tense.

With her eyes still closed, she fumbled and tightly grabbed Qiu Tu's hand, then said, "Ah-Tao... Ah-Tao... leave quickly, get out of here."

"I know you were instructed by Secretary Bai. You don't really want to hurt Qiu Tu."

"Whether you do nothing or reveal all of this, Secretary Bai will kill you."

Hearing Tan Huimin's words, Qiu Tu was taken aback...

Truth be told, Qiu Tu had considered many possible objectives Tan Huimin might have for disguising herself, and the methods she might use to achieve them. But he hadn't thought of this — because it was too simple, too direct!

This approach was as naive as children playing house.

In that instant, Qiu Tu almost didn't want to continue acting with Tan Huimin. It was just too trivial.

However, while Qiu Tu was thinking this,

Tan Huimin's hand that stretched out suddenly flailed wildly.

Qiu Tu jolted, nearly jumping to his feet in fright.

And then, while still pretending, Tan Huimin closed her eyes and said, "Ah-Tao... you're right to escape with a weapon."

"But you must take good care of your weapon."

Having said that, Tan Huimin then threw herself onto Qiu Tu, starting to undo his belt.

Qiu Tu had seen all sorts of situations.

Hmm... Except this one.